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Conrad Duncan
Nov 03, 2018
Game of Thrones has been off-air for over a year now and fans are getting desperate to know what happens in its climactic season.
Last night, Entertainment Weekly premiered the first official photo from the show's eighth season and fans understandably lost their cool.
The first official photo from #GameOfThrones’ final season is here! Get exclusive details on the most impossible fi… https://t.co/Q0hLiHiv9o— Entertainment Weekly (@Entertainment Weekly) 1541074549
Most were glad to finally get some news from Westeros, but others were excited for another, much weirder reason.
In the last episode of season seven, ‘The Dragon and the Wolf’, Game of Thrones finally confirmed a twist some fans had long-suspected, revealing that Jon Snow was related to the noble Targaryan family.
That also meant his romantic relationship with Daenerys Targaryen was actually a relationship between an aunt and nephew, as social media users were quick to point out.
The first pic from the final season of #GoT is a sweet picture of an aunt and her nephew. https://t.co/qOcDD78A0T https://t.co/jUNSWo3qTL— Bill Kuchman (@Bill Kuchman) 1541075560
The creepiness of that fact didn’t seem to bother some fans though.
Me in 2011: Yuck, incest. Me in 2018: ♫ Let's get it on ♫ https://t.co/sd4WippKEL— stphn (@stphn) 1541100572
MY SHIP OMG 😭 https://t.co/0SIp1Vh3mo— chennie (@chennie) 1541099149
Jon Snow looks like a whole new man with Daenerys in his arms 😍 it must be love 😜🙌🏼 #GameOfThrones https://t.co/wOJECqqMAH— EᗰIᒪIᗩ ᑕᒪᗩᖇKE | 🅴🆃🅴🆁🅽🅰🅻🆂 (@EᗰIᒪIᗩ ᑕᒪᗩᖇKE | 🅴🆃🅴🆁🅽🅰🅻🆂) 1541078509
Others went even further with their support for the pairing, celebrating what they believed was confirmation of a fan theory that Daenerys was pregnant with Jon Snow’s baby.
@EW @GameOfThrones @emiliaclarke The way she’s stood I think she’s pregnant 🤰🏽 https://t.co/dbhSutoMz4— Janey Christina (@Janey Christina) 1541077335
Thankfully, not everyone was completely on-board with Game of Thrones incest.
listen. say what you want about daenerys targaryen but i will NEVER forgive them for reducing her to jon snow's gir… https://t.co/7A4iFMXbUj— irm 🗿 (@irm 🗿) 1541103255
*sigh* is this really what they turned the story into? George sweetheart I'm still waiting for you to save us with… https://t.co/BEJXrHuKFB— Maku | ˎ₍•ʚ•₎ˏ [semi i/a] (@Maku | ˎ₍•ʚ•₎ˏ [semi i/a]) 1541099617
The photo was released alongside a behind-the-scenes report from Entertainment Weekly, where cast members shared their thoughts on the final season.
Show-runners David Benioff and Daniel Brett Weiss revealed that the show’s final episodes were originally planned as three films to justify an enormous budget.
In 2012, Weiss believed it was the best way to end the show:
It’s what we’re working towards in a perfect world
We end up with an epic fantasy story but with the level of familiarity and investment in the characters that are normally impossible in a two-hour movie.
Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister, also said he broke a long-running habit of immediately checking if his character survived and read the season from start to finish.
He described the season’s major battle, which took at over 50 days to film, as so brutal "it makes the Battle of the Bastards look like a theme park.”
HT Someecards
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